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An ugly tale from this weekend unfolded from the Queens District Attorney's office. Two white men were charged with beating two Chinese-Americans in Douglaston, and then tried to get away from police later on by crashing into the police cruiser and hurting the officers. From the DA's press release:

District Attorney Brown said that, according to the criminal charges, four Asian males – Reynold Liang, 19, John Lu, 19, David Wu, 19, and Wing Chung Poon – were in a white Lexus at approximately 2:30 a.m. on Saturday, August 12, 2006, when the defendants [19 year old Kevin] Brown and [20 year old Paul] Heavey pulled up alongside of them in a 1998 Toyota and began cursing and shouting racial slurs. At one point, the defendants allegedly drove behind Liang’s Lexus and intentionally rammed it. Fearful, Liang drove away in an attempt to escape from the two defendants. Believing he had eluded the defendants, he pulled over at the intersection of 44th Avenue and Douglaston Parkway, where victim Lu got out of the car to inspect the damage to the rear of the Lexus. As he did so, the defendants reappeared. Exiting their vehicle and approaching Lu, the defendants allegedly punched him about the head and body, causing him to suffer lacerations requiring multiple stitches and substantial pain, including several loose teeth. During the attack the defendants are alleged to have uttered more racial slurs. In coming to his friend’s aid, victim Liang was also allegedly punched and kicked about the head and body by the defendants. Crawling back to his car, Liang picked up “The Club” which was then allegedly grabbed from him by the defendants who used it to hit him numerous times about the head and body, causing him to sustain a possible fractured skull and substantial pain to his chest.

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Sometimes you need to clean yourself up, get serious, and move in with daddy for a few months before you head to Latin America for a new gig. The District bids Jenna Bush adios. D.C.-based television shows have an elderly audience and DCist has Butterstick the panda bear a birthday bash.

Hot 97's landlord is suing in order to evict the troublemaking station from its Tribeca building. This comes after the NYPD installed a camera to surveil/scare away activities outside the studio (Hot 97, for their part, says they like the camera). The District Council of Carpenters Benefits's lawyer claims that "Hot 97 is a public and private nuisance to the people of New York. They are fostering a level of violence to ensure a high rating," but Hot 97, which has the lease until 2012, says that there are no legal grounds to evict them. Further, Hot 97 recommends the the station, the landlord, and the NYPD meet to work out a security plan. We'd love to be in that meeting! This ruling will be interesting, because it'll pit a safety issue versus the right to lease. Can you evict your law-flouting, violence-attracting tenant?

Earlier this week kissy couples were wading through roses and red tissue paper deeper than an east coast snow dump and singles shook a tiny, lonely fist (no ring!) at it all. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 - Valentine's season is in the can, finally.

Homelessness is a huge issue in the city. They are the unspoken population, and the Mayor's policies dealing with them were recently questioned in the weeks leading up the Republican National Convention (with reports of "moving the homeless" from the Madison Square Garden area). We can expect more talk about what the Mayor has done to help the homeless next year, as the Mayoral elections loom. Here's the City's Department of Homeless Services, as well as information from the Coalition for the Homeless

callalillie covers the issue and has a good guide to where these neighborhoods are.

It was sad to hear that Lynne Thigpen, the wonderful stage, TV and film actress, died suddenly yesterday. While she was a Tony-winning actress and had a role on CBS's "The District," she is close to Gothamist's heart as the hard-boiled, no nonsense Chief from "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?" Based on the seminal children's computer game, the show was a mix of social studies game show and international intrigue, PBS style.